Water Water Everywhere!

As usual things have been very busy around here lately. Most of which I owe thanks to Leisa. Now that she has mastered the art of walking, she is wasting no time learning how to run…from me that is:) Yes, she is a sneaky little thing. Always up to no good. When things are quiet I know she must be getting into things she is no supposed to. In her case, silence is not a good thing. Silence means trouble. Good thing daddy always remembers to put the toilet seat down. Since the toilet has become her newest curiosity. Why? I still can’t understand that and I don’t think I ever will. That is usually the first place she runs to when she’s looking for trouble. Besides becoming an expert at finding trouble she has managed to learn a few good things along the way. Her vocabulary is expanding quite a bit. She points to her pictures on the wall and says Lay Lay. She just loves seeing herself in the mirror. Again, a daddy thing. I am starting to wonder if there are any traces of me in this child anywhere. We shall see. Some other words she has picked up on along the way include dog, milk, and bath. She also likes to sing E-I-E-I-O to one of her favorite songs Old MacDonald. Her favorite word of all would have to be bath. She loves taking a bath. We don’t skip bath time at this house unless we absolutely have to. That’s like taking candy from a kid. A big NO NO! Just recently she has become very fond of the water, so we started taking her to the pool and she loves it. We are getting ready to sign her up for swim lessons for her and daddy. Mommy won’t be able to handle it without having a nervous breakdown so I am letting daddy take the lead on this one. He can just tell me all about it. We may have to send her to dance classes as well before we know it with how much this child loves music and loves to dance. We may have a little performer on our hands...surprise!

We have also been working with her to recognize her body parts. She can point out her eyes, nose, mouth, cheeks, ears, tummy, toes, hands and feet. She also has little flash cards with animals and objects on them and she can point out the ones you ask her too. What a smart little cookie. I am sure all parents say that about their kids. We will join the party:)

We did manage to escape to craziness and take Leisa to the beach for the first time. I was not too sure if she was going to like it with all the sand and the waves, but she loved it. I am not sure which one she liked better the sand or the water. She would just sit there and let the waves wash up onto her while she threw around the sand. What a mess she was but it was worth it to see the smile on her face. Somehow in all the mix, mommy became her personal sand bucket. I had more sand on me than she did. The things we do for our kids!

Oh, before I say goodbye for now, let’s no forget the teeth count. Her two bottom ones are in and she is working on one of her top teeth. What a nightmare that is. And how many more to go??? Sorry to keep you so long, but it's been too long:)